Pultenaea stipularis

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Pultenaea stipularis Sm.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pultenaea proteaeoides DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea psoraleoides Steud. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Falster_2003 (3), Henery_2001 (3), Hughes_1992 (5), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kubiak_2009 (11), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickup_2002 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 91 records in 18 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 49.65 mm2 (24-107 mm2) [sources: Falster_2003; Leishman_1995; Pickup_2002; Westoby_2003]
leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 123.78 g/m2 (104.71-142.86 g/m2) [sources: Leishman_1995; Westoby_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); involute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Falster_2003; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 62.6 deg (62.6-62.6 deg) [sources: Falster_2003]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.59 mg (9.26-10.25 mg) [sources: Henery_2001; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.67 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Pickup_2002]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Hughes_1992]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Pickup_2002	2	17	M. Pickup. “Unpublished data: Wood density data from Kuring-gai National Park, Macquarie University”. 2002.
NHNSW_2023	10	13	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kubiak_2009	6	11	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Leishman_1995	6	6	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Hughes_1992	5	5	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Westoby_2003	5	5	M. Westoby and I. J. Wright. “The leaf size - twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species”. Oecologia 135 (2003), pp. 621-628. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1231-6.
Kew_2019_1	1	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Falster_2003	3	3	D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: what consequences for light interception?”. New Phytologist 158.3 (2003), pp. 509-525. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x.
Henery_2001	3	3	M. L. Henery and M. Westoby. “Seed mass and seed nutrient content as predictors of seed output variation between species”. Oikos 92 (2001), pp. 479-490. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920309.x.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.